Put another router up with the same ssid, leave it open, and put no
connection behind it. Increase the mw to 500 or better, and depending
on the size of your install area, you should be good.
I know this is a dirty work around.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Chris Jones<techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an issue with a client, I was wondering if any of you have ran
> into this before, and if you know of any way to prevent it. I've done
> a ton of research, and have gotten nowhere.
>
> My client has a secure internet connection. A lot of their employees
> have laptops. They have a filtering device that blocks viruses,
> spyware, spam, etc from getting into their LAN, plus it blocks the
> users from accessing inappropriate sites from work.
>
> The problem is they have a neighbor with a wide open wireless AP, so
> the employees just get on that and can then do whatever they want.
> I'm not sure if they're doing it intentionally, or it could just be
> Stupid Windows (TM) being insistant on connecting to SOMETHING. The
> fact that they can spend all day on myspace or looking at porn is the
> minor issue, the major issue being that it is an opening for malware
> to come into their network, not to mention that it's possible for a PC
> to route traffic between its WAN and LAN ports, so it could possibly
> become a security issue as well.
>
> From what I can see, there's absolutely no way to do it, which is
> insane. Windows has a group policy that can block acess to ad hoc
> networks, but that's about as far as it goes. Apparently MS believes
> that an AP is far more secure than an ad hoc network.
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